Hillians' chairman and director Kevin Newell believes that the fanbase is there to support a club at National League level and felt the growing population of the town will only see increased interest in the football club.

He said: “The club is very ambitious and Burgess Hill is a town that is growing rapidly.

“We’re looking at increasing the population over the next ten or 15 years to about 50,000 people. It’s 32,000 at the moment.